Saints

The Ecclesia teaches that
there is one God and that all good things are his reflection. He lives in a perfect world. This belief system is the core of the
Ecclesia, but many interpretations of this doctrine exist. The original monastic orders claim that there
is only one god (the Godhead) and that no other gods exist beside him. The Orthodox Ecclesia teaches that the
godhead is the one god and that he manifests himself in emanations. These emanations act as his messengers and
voice. Some are angelic beings while
others become mortals and dwell in the world. These are known as Saints. The majority of Saints are people who
achieved something that was said to bbe a glimpse of the True World. The greatest of these are he who was the
incarnation of the True God himself.

Saints serve as
embodiments of achievement and allow the worshipper to humanize their
unreachable and unknowable God. Though
this is not supported officially by the Ecclesia, the Saints are worshipped and
prayed to. In recent years, the Saint
Cults have become an endemic part of Ecclesian worship.

The Saints:

o The Blind Saint – He taught that those who sought
enlightenment should blind themselves to the wicked world, at it is only a
shadowy illusion.

o The Starving Saint – He taught that man need not
indulge in the fruit of the physical world, for they are lies, and satisfy
nothing.

o The Ragged Saint - He taught that one should not trust
physical things to protect them, for they are lies, and satisfy nothing.

o The Bleeding Saint – He taught that all suffering is
false and that no pain can harm a true servant of the godhead.

o The Weeping Saint – He taught that the world is place
of sorrow that should be mourned and that those who are ignorant are to be
pitied.

o The Burning Saint – He taught that enlightenment burns
away the flaws of the physical, leaving them pure. It is fire that will end the physical world
and expose it.

o The Broken Saint – He taught that those who wish to be
enlightened will be shattered and crushed for their beliefs, but that they will
walk again in the perfect world that awaits.